UNESCO World Heritage Sites

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Across several provinces

• Inscribed 2017

  Ancient Beech Forests (Central Balkan)

  Bulgaria's part of a Europe-wide UNESCO site of primeval beech forests, inside the Central Balkan National Park.

Blagoevgrad

• Inscribed 1983

  Pirin National Park

  Limestone peaks, glacial lakes and old pine forests in south-west Bulgaria, rising to Vihren at 2,914 m.

Bourgas

• Inscribed 1983

  Ancient City of Nessebar

  More than three thousand years of history on a rocky peninsula: Thracian, Greek, Byzantine and Bulgarian layers in one small town.

Kyustendil

• Inscribed 1983

  Rila Monastery

  The largest and most famous Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria, founded in the 10th century in the Rila Mountains.

Razgrad

• Inscribed 1985

  Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari

  A 3rd-century BC Getic royal tomb with carved female figures, in the Sboryanovo reserve in north-east Bulgaria.

Rousse

• Inscribed 1979

  Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo

  Medieval churches and chapels carved into the cliffs of the Rusenski Lom river, with remarkable 14th-century frescoes.

Shumen

• Inscribed 1979

  Madara Rider

  An early medieval rock relief of a horseman, carved on a cliff near Shumen, on the UNESCO list since 1979.

Silistra

• Inscribed 1983

  Srebarna Nature Reserve

  A Danube wetland near Silistra on a major bird migration route, home to Dalmatian pelicans and nearly 100 nesting species.

Sofia

• Inscribed 1979

  Boyana Church

  A medieval church on the edge of Sofia with frescoes from 1259, among the most important in Eastern European art.

Stara Zagora

• Inscribed 1979

  Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

  A 4th-century BC Thracian beehive tomb with some of the best-preserved Hellenistic paintings, in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers.